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ultramarine en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌʌltɹəməˈɹiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌəltɹəməˈɹin/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from Latin ultrā (“beyond”) + marīnus (“of or relating to the sea, marine”). By surface analysis, ultra + marine. Noun sense 1 (“pigment”) refers to the fact that lapis lazuli was obtained from foreign countries and hence “beyond the sea”.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Beyond the sea.
    • [I]n England we ſhall never be taught to look upon the annihilation of our trade, the ruin of our credit, the defeat of our armies, and the loſs of our ultramarine dominions (whatever the author may think of them), to be the high road to proſperity and greatneſs. 1769, [Edmund Burke], Observations on a Late State of the Nation, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 8:
  2. Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most ultramarine Degree=Sup lexicographic
more ultramarine Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

cismarine

Synonyms

transmarine · overseas

Translations (32)

ka ზღვისიქითა (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · fi ultramariini (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · es ultramarino (beyond the sea) · ms ultramarin (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ko 군청색(群靑色)의 (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ga ultramairíneach (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · it trasmarino (beyond the sea) · de ultramarinblau (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · it oltremarino (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · sv ultramarin (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · de ultramarin (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · id ultramarin (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · fr ultramarin (beyond the sea) · fi ultramariininsininen (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ca ultramarí (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ja 群青色の (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · hu ultramarin (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · it oltremare (beyond the sea) · bg ясносин (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · pt transfretano (beyond the sea) · hu ultramarinkék (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ko 군청(群靑)의 (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · pt ultramarino (beyond the sea) · fr outremer (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · fi merensininen (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ko 남청색(藍靑色)의 (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · it oltremare (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · fr ultramarin (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · nl ultramarijn (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · it trasmarino (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · bg ултрамаринен (of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · bg задморски (beyond the sea)

ultramarine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌʌltɹəməˈɹiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌəltɹəməˈɹin/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from Latin ultrā (“beyond”) + marīnus (“of or relating to the sea, marine”). By surface analysis, ultra + marine. Noun sense 1 (“pigment”) refers to the fact that lapis lazuli was obtained from foreign countries and hence “beyond the sea”.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment.
    • The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine. 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter II, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), page 14:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ultramarines Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

green ultramarine · ultramarine ash

Translations (42)

pl ultramaryna (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ca blau d'ultramar (brilliant blue pigment) · it oltremare (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · es azul de ultramar (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · fi ultramariini (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · es azul ultramarino (brilliant blue pigment) · pl ultramaryna (brilliant blue pigment) · enm asure (brilliant blue pigment) · nl ultramarijn (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ga ultramairín (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · de Ultramarinblau (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ga úrghorm (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ko 울트라마린 (brilliant blue pigment) · ga gorm ultramhuiríneach (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ka ულტრამარინი (brilliant blue pigment) · ja ウルトラマリン (brilliant blue pigment) · ka ულტრამარინი (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · cmn 羣青 /群青 (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · pl farbka (brilliant blue pigment) · de Königsblau (brilliant blue pigment) · fr outremer (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · nl ultramarijn (brilliant blue pigment) · sv ultramarin (brilliant blue pigment) · it blu oltremare (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ja 群青色 (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · es azul ultramarino (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · bo མུ་མེན (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ru ультрамари́н (brilliant blue pigment) · es azul ultramaro (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ga ultramairín (brilliant blue pigment) · ga ultramhuiríneach (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · fi merensininen (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · et ultramariinsinine (brilliant blue pigment) · ca blau d'ultramar (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ru ультрамари́н (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · sv ultramarin (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · ja 群青 (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · fr outremer (brilliant blue pigment) · it ultramarino (brilliant blue pigment) · de Ultramarinblau (brilliant blue pigment) · vi lam sẫm (brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour) · fi ultramariini (brilliant blue pigment)